The Palomar Integral Field Spectrograph was used to probe a
variety of environments in nine nearby galaxies that span a
range of morphological types, luminosities, and
infrared-to-blue ratios. Near-infrared spectroscopy over two
spatial dimensions was obtained for nuclear or bright
extranuclear regions in the [FeII]~(1.257\micron),
[FeII]~(1.644\micron), Pa\beta~(1.282\micron),
H2~(2.122\micron), and Br\gamma~(2.166\micron)
transition lines. These data yield constraints on various
characteristics of the star-forming episodes in these
regions, including their strength, maturity, spatial
variability, and extinction.